
Sector struggling to help people in need: report
Posted on 01 Oct 2024
Charities are being placed under increasing pressure as the cost-of-living crisis drives a surge in…
Want to make this year the one you achieve your organisation’s biggest goals? Then you’ve got to prepare. And we can help.
From this month, we’re hosting the Festival of Community Directors, “a year-long celebration of community governance”, with events and training aimed at inspiring and educating community leaders. Why? Well, Roman ancient Marcus Cicero stressed “diligent preparation” before action more than 2000 years ago. And US Speaker Nancy Pelosi last year urged more women to step into leadership, with the advice: “Organise, don't agonise.”
As our Community Directors Council chair Susan Pascoe (AM) says: “The organisations meeting and exceeding their goals are, almost without fail, well-governed by competent boards with a healthy culture and a commitment to continual improvement”. That's why our Festival is a packed program covering ethics, human resources, communications, policy, strategy, finance, testing impact, whistleblowing, fundraising, AGMs and much more.
Talking of preparation, in this edition we've asked Ms Pascoe and several other not-for-profit experts to predict the biggest challenges and opportunities you’ll face this year. Completing our new national survey of the sector’s big issues will help that knowledge grow too, alongside a chance to win great prizes – including tickets to the unmissable Communities in Control Conference on May 20-21.
Posted on 01 Oct 2024
Charities are being placed under increasing pressure as the cost-of-living crisis drives a surge in…
Posted on 03 Feb 2024
The not-for-profit and charity sector has thrown its weight behind changes to the federal…
Posted on 11 Dec 2024
One of the chief architects of the recently released roadmap on the future of the not-for-profit…
Posted on 18 Feb 2025
Top economists, social sector leaders and policy leaders will gather in Melbourne this week for the…
Posted on 08 Oct 2024
The not-for-profit sector has joined an alliance of business groups, unions, social services and…
Posted on 01 Apr 2025
Many sector organisations viewed the Albanese government’s 2025 Budget as a missed opportunity to…
Posted on 22 Oct 2024
The Australian Tax Office (ATO) has admitted it is on track to fall massively short of its target…
Posted on 05 Jun 2025
Migrant and refugee advocates have welcomed the Albanese government's decision to establish an…
Posted on 05 May 2025
The not-for-profit and charity sector largely welcomed the Albanese government’s historic election…
Posted on 16 Jan 2024
As the new year sets in, time may have run out for supermarket chains who have been accused of…
Posted on 10 Oct 2018
Culture will be the key for all organisations In the wake of royal commissions into child abuse and…
Posted on 12 Sep 2024
Fundraising experts say that better understanding donors’ attitudes to the community sector will go…